[Rusty] Farley ran for this seat in 2008, and lost to Democrat Dennis Bailey 56.7%-43.3%. House District 1 contains (and only contains) McCurtain County in far southeastern Oklahoma. A whopping 11.8% of voters are registered Republicans, and 5.2% are Independents. This time, Farley received 50.83% of the vote against Bailey.

Did I mention that Bailey spent over $20,000 on his reelection bid, while Farley spent … $100? Yes, Farley spent $100 and won the race.

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It reaffirms my faith in voters when the guy or gal who spent a fraction of his/her opposition wins. Same happened in California where Whitman and Fiorina outspent their opposition by truckloads and still went down in flames. And the Texas oil money that was backing one of the propositions with big bucks also lost out.